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Unscored Public exploit CVE-1999-1024 EUVD-1999-1005GHSA-4xf9-whrj-cqwc

ip_print procedure in Tcpdump 3.4a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a packet with a zero length header, which cause…

Published Sep 12, 2001 · Updated Aug 1, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

ip_print procedure in Tcpdump 3.4a allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a packet with a zero length header, which causes an infinite loop and core dump when tcpdump prints the packet.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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